Why is Environment Canada targeting ammonia, inorganic chloramines and chlorinated wastewater in municipal treatment plants?
Ammonia dissolved in water, inorganic chloramines and chlorinated wastewater effluents were found to be toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, (CEPA 1999). Under CEPA, the Minister of the Environment is obligated to propose a preventive or control instrument for substances that have been found to be toxic. Municipal wastewater effluents were identified as a priority for risk management action.
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